Monthly Archives: February 2011

Simon Johnson says that the 2008 banking crisis was “private-sector driven”. – [VIDEO]

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Simon Johnson talks about the role of U.S. banks and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the financial crisis. Bloomberg TV.

Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, The Global Economy | Tagged banking crisis, banking system, banks, crisis, economic crisis, economy, Fannie Mae, financial crisis, Freddie Mac, Simon Johnson, US banking system, US banks, US economy | Leave a comment

iPad stats – [REPORT]

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Business, Information Technology, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Apple, Apple IPad, inforgraphic, iPad, polls, reports, surveys | Leave a comment

Justin Wolfers didn’t inform the Freakonomics readers about InTrade’s mistake related to the contract statements of the ‘dictator departure markets’. – [RANT]

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Justin Wolfers, Robin Hanson, James Surowiecki, John Stossel and the Wall Street Journal diarists [*] are not motivated by the love of the truth and the defense of the traders. They never say a word about the dark face of … Continue reading →

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Midas Oracle is number one at Google for the Gadaffi search, above InTrade and Inkling. – [SNAPSHOT]

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Previously: Arab Revolt Prediction Markets — [CHARTS] – {Predictions for next Arab country to revolt}

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Arab Revolt Prediction Markets – {Predictions for next Arab country to revolt} – {Which country is the next ‘domino’?} – {What will happen in the Middle East & Northern Africa?} – [PREDICTION MARKET CHARTS]

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Predictions for next Arab country to revolt: Libya — Muammar al-Gaddafi – [5 spellings: Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Gadhafi, Khadafy and Khadafi]: Bahrain — Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah: Yemen — Ali Abdullah Saleh: Iran — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran — Seyed Ali Hoseyni … Continue reading →